Here are three women walking down a corridor between two deer fences. Plus a coyote, as I showed you a few weeks back. Today, a bigger view. The upper fence ostensibly protects […]
A Crowded World
Deer Fencing: It’s Not About Deer
Any government that invests in agriculture by investing instead in deer fencing to protect apple trees from deer should just keep its money… …because it doesn’t work.
The Sun Rises on a New Farming Year
At first, there was capital investment to create a fruit growing industry in British Columbia that could supply England and such colonies as Hong Kong and Australia with a homesick-for-England product: apples […]
Earth and Moon
The view from Earth. At this time of year, getting back to basics is best.
Land and Water are One (Again)
Northern Cascadia has vast amounts of land and water, yet both are too expensive for the people who live there. That’s one way of putting things. Another is that land and water […]
Roads to Nowhere
Here’s a pretty typical Cascadian road. It goes across the high prairie north of the Columbia River, but not to the prairie. It goes through it. On its way to somewhere else. […]
We Can Do Better
The other day, I showed how little economy was actually generated by the Okanagan’s forests. 95% or so, in fact. Check it out, if you missed it. https://okanaganokanogan.com/2025/11/06/there-has-got-to-be-a-better-way/ This post continues the […]
The Sməlqmix Apricot is Back!
She took last year to heal from the cold, but look at her now! Calling her friends far and wide, too! (They come, of course.)
Cascadia: A Braided Land 2
Poetry, Poetics and Scholars of Place in the Heart of Cascadia Sunday March 2, 2025 Room: Art 366 Arts Building, UBC Okanagan Campus, Kelowna The Two Cayuse Sisters, Wallula Presenters March 2: […]
Cascadia: A Braided Land
Poetry, Poetics and Scholars of Place in the Heart of Cascadia Saturday March 1 & Sunday March 2, 2025 Room: Art 366 Arts Building, UBC Okanagan Campus, Kelowna Asotin Presenters: For Day […]
Okanagan Okanogan 